Web Site Builder Tools
One of the most asked questions for newbies to web site internet marketing is which website builder tools I would recommend for building web sites. There are many tools for website building both free and commercial ones that all have their strengths and weaknesses. I started off using some of the free ones but quickly found their limitations to be a hindrance. This is what happens as you become more proficient with tools. Over the past few years I have been using XSitePro version1.x which is a brilliant tool.
Here is why:
- Keeps all your web site projects in one place.
- I only need to learn and become proficient with one tool for all my sites.
- It logically lays out the design and separates this out from the content given you the best flexibility to make changes.
- I love the simple SEO tool that comes with it. I can SEO my content in minutes without having to think too hard about it because it tells you what to do!
- It comes with ready made templates and others you can buy.
- The help and user manuals are the best I have seen for this type of product period.
- The support is responsive if you have a problem.
- It comes with built-in publishing features as well making it easy to publish updates and ftp them to your hosting server.
The only things I found annoying in the version1.x were:
- Using it in design mode introduced a lot of extraneous HTML code into the source so you needed to be careful.
- If you wanted to add your own CSS stylesheets then you needed to be a bit technical to get it to work.
I recently upgraded to version2.x and it has got a load more features that I am working through. One of the best features is the scheduler that allows you to put your web site building process onto auto-pilot.
I would highly recommend strengths and weaknesses. I started off using some of the free ones but quickly found their limitations to be a hindrance. This is what happens as you become more proficient with tools for website building. Over the past few years I have been using XSitePro but it does have a steep learning curve so it is not for the faint hearted. It took me a few days to get everything I wanted out of it up and running. But there are plenty of XSitePro books, tutorials, help files, and support forums.
The other reason I selected it, is that if I want to suggest an improvement, Paul and his team welcome it and in most cases will roll it into their next release! Try to get any of the other product producers on the market to do that!
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